Shooter
Description
Shooters are action games in which the player character shoots enemies.
The shooting is usually performed with firearms in these games; however, any weapon that dispatches projectiles qualifies, which makes many games (e.g.
Heretic) that rely on medieval ranged weaponry or even magical projectiles shooters as well.
There are many shooter sub-genres, including
fixed-screen shooters,
scrolling shooters,
rail shooters, and others.
Since the emergence of 3D graphics, 3D shooters, popularized by
Wolfenstein 3D and
Doom, have become the leading representatives of the genre. This sub-genre is sometimes referred to as
first-person shooter, though this definition is not very precise, since the genre's distinguishing feature are 3D environments, not the perspective; some 3D shooters allow players to switch between perspectives, while others enforce a third-person view.
3D shooters may incorporate elements of other genres, most commonly role-playing (e.g.
System Shock games and
Deus Ex).
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FM Towns (1993) Volcanic eruptions have been occurring on a deserted planet somewhere in deep space for quite some time. Then, on a... |
Windows (2002) Tsunami 2265 is an anime-style action game. A mysterious power source called "E.L.E.N.A." is at the center of the plot... |
DOS (1995) Tube is a little known game from Bullfrog which, according to Home of the Underdogs (see links) was originally intended... |
ZX Spectrum (1987) and Commodore 64 (1987) You are returning back to Earth after a five year mission patrolling the outer reaches of Province 4. Problems have... |
Dragon 32/64 (1984) Despite the strange name, this is a fairly straight conversion of Konami's Scramble. You start out flying your spaceship above... |
Windows (2010) Tubular! is a freeware student project developed at the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences by a team of eight... |
DOS (1994), Amiga (1994) and Macintosh (1994) Tubular Worlds was a fairly popular shareware side-scrolling shooter, featuring a veriety of weapons and enemies in 4 different settings... |
Windows (2004), Macintosh (2005) and Linux (2004) TUMIKI Fighters is a freeware side-scrolling shooter where the player controls a toy-plane, attempting to destroy enemy toy ships as... |
DOS (1996), PlayStation (1996) and SEGA Saturn (1997) You are on a mission to destroy the ultimate weapon of your enemy. This involves travelling through a set of... |
Windows (2009) Tunnel Rats is based on the movie of the same name. The player takes the role of Brooks, an American... |
Commodore 64 (1987) Tunnel Vision is a game set in the distant future where 1 or 2 players drive a craft around various... |
MSX (1984) and Spectravideo (1984) What do you get if you cross River Raid with Zaxxon? You get an early isometric motorboating game. You must... |
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Commodore 64 (1988), MSX (1988), Amstrad CPC (1988) and ZX Spectrum (1988) Turbo Girl, well-known by that name in all the Galaxy, lieutenant of the body of immediate intervention of the korg... |
Amiga (1998) TurboRaketti is a Finnish two-player "caveflyer", where you and a mate fly your Thrust-like ships around intricate levels with the... |
Lynx (1991) Turbo Sub is a first person shoot 'em up. The player is the pilot of the Turbo Sub, the most... |
Windows (2005) and Macintosh (2004) Save the day from the Turkey Invasion! Play through five separate levels of eye-popping 3D animated graphics and sneaky turkeys.... |
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SNES (1994) In Turn and Burn: No-Fly Zone the player gets in the cockpit of the famed F-14 Tomcat and launches into... |
Windows (2008), Xbox 360 (2008) and PlayStation 3 (2008) Winston Churchill was struck by a taxicab in 1931. What if he had died and without his leadership, Britain fell... |
Nintendo DS (2007) Turn It Around is a compilation game of 24 mini-games, each with their own set of goals. To complete them,... |
Amiga (1990), Atari ST (1990), Commodore 64 (1991) and DOS (1991) Turn n' Burn is a simple space shooter. The player moves over the one-screen levels and shoots everything which moves.... |
PlayStation 3 (2008), Xbox 360 (2008) and Windows (2008) Turok is a first-person shooter game set in the near future. There is no relationship with the previous games or... |
Windows (1999) and Nintendo 64 (1998) Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is the sequel to Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.
Having defeated the Campaigner, Turok throws the Chronocepter... |
Game Boy Color (1998) [This item has been split and information may not be completely accurate. Users are cautioned that incorrect information may appear... |
